CAERSWS staged a late rescue act to claim a share of the Welsh Premier spoils after they had looked to be heading for more misery on home soil.

Still looking for their first league win at the Recreation Ground, the Bluebirds struggled to get into their stride as Lido took a grip with a goal in each half from Kevin Bartley and Liam McCreesh.

But two strikes in a dramatic late fightback lifted the hosts with substitute Geraint Lewis pouncing on 80 minutes before Graham Jones struck a precious equaliser just three minutes from time.

Having been buoyed by their recent away wins at TNS and Carmarthen Town, Caersws looked strangely subdued as they struggled to mount any meaningful raids on the Lido goal where keeper Stephen Osborne was largely redundant.

In fact, it was the visitors who had the better openings in a midfield stalemate with home goalkeeper Andy Mulliner pulling off a fine save to turn away a strike from Bartley after only 15 minutes.

But Mulliner was beaten four minutes later when the experienced Bartley made no mistake to give battling Lido the advantage.

With Caersws struggling to make inroads, the visitors threatened to add to their tally with Bartley shooting over from distance six minutes into the second period while McCreesh was denied by the woodwork four minutes later.

Lido, however, seemed to have the points in the bag on 76 minutes when McCreesh crashed home his shot from inside the box to boost his side's hopes of climbing away from the basement pack.

But this sparked a home fightback with forward Graham Evans forcing Osborne into a smart save with an 18-yard effort on 79 minutes.

A minute later, substitute Lewis, who was making his return following injury, gave Caersws hope when he poked the ball in from close range after Kevin Scott's corner from the right had been flicked on.

Spurred by the goal, Caersws continued to push forward with Scott having yet another shot saved before they grabbed a valuable equaliser with a solo effort from Jones three minutes from time.

The midfielder launched a strong run before driving the ball home from the edge of the box with his less accustomed left foot.

Lewis blazed another effort over, but Lido would be wondering how they allowed Caersws back into the game after they had looked out of sorts for much of the time.